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Title: Christmas Comes but Once A Year
Showing What Mr. Brown Did, Thought, and Intended to Do,
during that Festive Season.

Author: Luke Limner

Illustrator: Christmas Comes but Once A Year

Release Date: January 2, 2007 [EBook #20251]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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[Illustration: JOHN BROWN ESQ.
AS HE APPEARED EVERY EVE]

CHRISTMAS
COMES
BUT
ONCE A YEAR

Showing What

Mr. Brown Did, Thought, And Intended To Do,
During That Festive Season.

Now First Edited From The Original MSS. (Mess).

With Notes and Illustrations

By LUKE LIMNER, Esq.

London:
William Tegg and Co., 85, Queen Street, Cheapside.
M.DCCC.L.

Prime Movers.

JOHN BROWN, Esq.-- _Citizen of London and Suburban Snob._

JOHN BROWN, Jun., Esq.-- _"Fast Gent;" Son and Heir to the above
"Brick!"-- I believe you, my boys, rather!_

Master THOMAS BROWN.-- _Apple of his Mother's eye-- "her Tommy-wommy"--
"her dear boy"-- "her jewel of a pet."_

Captain BONAVENTURE DE CAMP.-- _Officer, late of the Hon. E. I. Co's.
Service, but now at the service of any one._

LATIMER DE CAMP.-- _Master of (He) Arts; Elder Son of the above, of
Nobodynose College, Oxford._

WELLESLEY DE CAMP.-- _Cadet of Sandboys Military College._

SOAVO SPOHF.-- _Composer; Organist at St. Stiff's the Martyr;
Mr. Brown's ex-friend._

JOHN (BROWN).-- _Footman to John Brown, Esq.; late Private in the
44th foot._

TOBIAS STRAP.-- _Grocer in Greens, Landlord to Mr. Spohf, and
Supernumerary help to any body._

ICHABOD STRAP.-- _(Son of his sire) commonly called "Alphonso,"
but some